Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system destroys its own healthy tissues. When this occurs, white blood cells cannot distinguish between pathogens and normal cells.
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.
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Eating food that has been cooked with poppy seeds may cause you to fail a drug screening test, because the seeds contain enough opiate alkaloids to register as a positive.
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About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins, which is an increase in rate of nearly 60% since the early 1980s.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Types, Sizes, and Uses of Computers in the Medical Office
Types of forceps.
Types of body movements used in ROM assessment.
Risk assessment codes for an HIV-infected patient.